Biomimetic thiyl radical formation from diphenyl disulfide with the low valent Ni(i) state of a cofactor F430 model
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Cofactor F430 is a nickel-containing hydrocorphinato complex that plays important roles in the enzymatic formation and oxidation of methane. In methanotrophic bacteria, F430-dependent methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) catalyses the endergonic conversion of the heterodisulfide adduct of coenzymes M and B with methane to methyl-coenzyme M and coenzyme B. In a radical mechanism, the Ni(i)-induced formation of a transient thiyl radical of coenzyme B from the heterodisulfide has been proposed. Herein, we introduce a new semi-artificial Ni-complex derived from vitamin B₁₂ as functional model of F430. We demonstrate with electrochemical studies that the low valent Ni(i) complex cleaves the biomimetic model compound diphenyl disulfide into approx. 0.5 equivalents of thiophenol and a transient thiophenyl radical at a potential of -1.65 V vs. Fc/Fc⁺. Thiyl radicals are trapped in solution with phenylacetylene as thiophenyl-substituted olefins, but also lead to degradation of the Ni-complex.
Language: English
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6910050957
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